- In
Jewish law, a
posek (Hebrew: פוסק [poˈsek], pl.
poskim, פוסקים [
posˈkim]) is a
legal scholar who
determines the
application of halakha, the Jewish...
- present, but most
poskim follow Maimonides, who
ruled that no
number of
women present cir****vents the
prohibition of yichud. Many
poskim permits yichud in...
-
November 7, 1573) (Hebrew: שלמה לוריא) was one of the
great Ashke****c
poskim (decisors of
Jewish law) and
teachers of his time. He is
known for his work...
-
communities differ greatly on how they make
changes in halakha. Notably,
poskim frequently extend the
application of a law to new situations, but do not...
- lit. 'the
first ones'; sing. ראשון, Rishon) were the
leading rabbis and
poskim who
lived approximately during the 11th to 15th centuries, in the era before...
- see
their infant immediately. In Judaism,
there is a
dispute among the
poskim (Rabbinic authorities) as to
whether the first-born son from a caesarean...
-
pressed before the
temperature change takes place. In June 2008, nine
Haredi poskim signed a
public pronouncement (Kol Kore)
stating that it was
forbidden to...
- secondarily, from dat Yehudit",
rather than from ervah, and a
number of
leading poskim ruled that
while head-covering is required, in
societies where this law...
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Rabbinic prohibition. See
Otzar Ha
Poskim Even
HaEzer 21:51. With
regard to grandchildren, the term used by the
poskim (halakhic authorities) is bas bito...
- Belsky,
chief posek of the OU and one of the most
scientifically literate poskim of his time. Meanwhile,
Rabbi Dovid Feinstein,
based on the
ruling of Rabbi...
